Removable sign for street-cars.



No. 735,946. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. K. COLEMAN J. G'. HARNER. REMOVABLE SIGN FOR STREET CARS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 23, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented Augustll,

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. COLEMAN AND JOSEPH G. HARNER, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

REM OVABLE SIG N' FQ'RST'REET CA'RS.

SPECIFICATION forming part bf Letters Patent No. 735,946, dated August 11, 1903.

Application filed April 23, 1903. Serial N0: 153,921. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we,JOHN K. COLEMAN and JOSEPH G. HARNER, citizens of the United States, residing at vPhiladelphia, county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Removable Signs for Street-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in removable signs for streetcars, and has for its object to provide a sign which may be easily and quickly inserted in its hangers or removed therefrom and which when suspended cannot be "displaced accidentally by the swaying of the car or by the wind.

WVith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and com-. bination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved sign, the upper corners being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal longitudinal section of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing modified form of construction. Fig. 4 is a horizontal longitudinal section of Fig. 3.

Our improved sign-board is'designed, pri-' marily, for the small sign-boards which dis-' play the number of the car and are suspended from the roof above the platform. These board near its upper edge, and this stud where it extends into the board is preferably surrounded by the thiinble D, and the collar 0, secured to the stud, lies behind the cornerpieces B, so as to prevent the stud from pulling out. Upon the opposite end of the board and in alinement with the stud O is a springactuated stud E. This stud also extends into the board and is also provided with the collar E, bearing against the inside face of the corner-pieces B, limiting the outward movement of the stud. The thimble F, surroundin g this stud, is much larger in diameter than the stud and, in fact, is the same diameter as the collar E.

G is a spring interposed 1 between the end of the thimble and the'collar E, thus tending to always keep the stud at the limit of its outer movement. 7

H represents hangers depending from the roof of the car, and in the lower end of these hangers are formed openings H, which pro vide sockets for the studs. In suspending the sign the stud E is first inserted in its socket, and by pushing the sign to that side and compressing the spring G the stationary stud Q maybe brought in alinement with its socket, and then by releasing the sign the spring G will force the stud G into'the socket, and the sign will be suspended.

The sign may be removed by the same op erationby pressing the sign to one side until the stud O is clear of its hanger.

In the construction just described the studs are round, and the sign is 'free to swing upon these pivots; but where it is desirable to have a sign that is stationary and cannotswing we construct the device as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, andby fo'rming'thefstuds E and O and the sockets H either square or rectangular the sign will be held against any swinging, and this latter construction would bepreferable where this device is used onthe destination-signs upon the front and rear of the car.

The signs which contain the number of the car are, as has been stated before, suspended from screw-eyes in the upper edge of the sign, and these screw-eyes are used to suspend the signs in the car-barns, and in order not to change the system in the barns and to allow the signs to be filed away in the same manner as heretofore we provide upon the upper edge of the sign the two screw-eyes J.

Of course we do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is- A sign-board, corner-pieces secured upon the upper corners of the board, a stationary stud protruding from oneend of the board, a movable stud protruding from the opposite end of the board in alinement with the other stud, a collar formed with the stud and normally bearing against the inner face of the corner-pieces to limit the outward movement of the said stud, a thimble embedded in the board, a spring interposed between the end it JOHN K. COLEMAN. JOSEPH G. I-IARNER.

XVitnesses:

MARY E. HAMER, L. W. MORRISON. 

